Oh dear - I ate 69 calories over today

I lose 69 calories on my shirt when I eat.

:laugh:

As many others have said, 69 calories is nothing at all.

I'd be more concerned about your eating too little on most days.

If you don't eat enough, your body will go into starvation mode. It will think there is a food shortage, and slow your metabolism down to a crawl. To rev up your metabolism, try eating six times per day -- a few nuts or a piece of fruit or a string cheese or some carrots, etc., etc, in between your three main meals.

Oh, wait! It looks like you weight about 117 pounds???

Maybe I'd be more concerned about your trying to get too skinny!

The little picture: Last week I too ate over my limit (and twice for about a 1,000 calories). YIKES!

But that was just a couple of bad days.

The BIG picture:
So what can 6 months of health eating and exercise do?
Here's some results from my dr. visit this morning:
weight: from 281 to 202
b/p: from astronomical to 118/78
hdl: from nothing to 117 (optimal is 60+)
ldl: from astronomical to 0 (yep, zero, zip, zilch nada)

Just keep doing the right thing most of the time! :happy:

couldn't help but laugh when i read this. the other day i had my first major (RECORDED) infraction when i was 500 something over. it was my rest/spike/cheat day but whatever. 69 is nothing to be worried about!

Its only 69 calories. Its okay! Those little 69 calories aren't gonna change anything!

You're going to gain ALL your weight back. I am so disappointed.

relax! i have gone over on sugar every day since i started mfp because i eat alot of fruit but i have still lost 36 pounds this year. everyone goes over calories once in a while. thats life. it will be fine

for the first time in 6 weeks and it was too much sugar. How bad is this for just one day of this? Usually I've been coming in well under my calories, not eating back all of them. Hopefully I can get back on track immediately tomorrow...My workout week starts up again tomorrow(today was my rest day).

"Oh dear" is right. This behavior is nothing short of appalling. Oh my god. 69 calories above your daily goal. OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. Shame on you! SIXTY NINE calories! This is not possible. OMG. The world is going to come to an end.

JUST KIDDING! Don't fret about 69 calories, it is negligible. And how much do you eat UNDER your goal, anyway?

Hope it wasn't protein. You're gonna get SO bulky.

I needed to hear this Thanks

If you wake up tomorrow morbidly obese, you'll know why.

I second this.

69 calories is not a big deal. You'll be fine. Remember a few things:

1. The recommend calorie levels is an estimate. It does not truly know you're required calorie amount to maintain or lose weight. It could easily be off by 69 calories anyway.

2. Assuming you are aiming for a pound per week loss, the site recommends you eat 500 calories below your maintenance level anyway. So you eating 69 calories over is still 431 calories below your estimated maintenance level.

3. It's pretty easy to make up for that small amount of calories in exercise. If I want a little extra room for calories, I'll take my dog for a moderate paced walk for 15-30 minutes.

69? No way. I was going to add a smart remark to this, but I have refrained since everyone else has mentioned it. You are not going to wake up morbidly obese tomorrow. Or the next day. Or the day following that. 69 is nothing. And you should really eat within a range. Not XXX amount. I was eating 1200 calories a day, I was so hungry after, I had to adjust to 1500. I try to stay within that amount, but if I go over, I go over. I walk, I try to take care of myself, its not going to kill you if you go over 1 day. Keep up the good work.

just spit next time